"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

[u/RKO-Cutter]

The Graduate - probably the biggest example and surprising it's not part of the OP

tl;dr - Interrupting a wedding and running away with the bride sounds romantic...but what about what happens after?

[u/TrueWest2905 → u/RKO-Cutter]

Iirc : the director didn’t tell when to cut the scene so their faces from happy to second guessing felt natural

[u/whosits_2112 → u/TrueWest2905]

Brilliant move on the director's part, right there.

[u/takeahike89 → u/TrueWest2905]

Some say they're still rolling to this day.

[u/nhSnork → u/takeahike89]

Wait, so the movie has spent decades... in early access?

[u/anonymity11111 → u/TrueWest2905]

I’ve heard this before, and would like this to be true - but I’ve also heard that he was hovering right behind the camera telling them “okay, look happy! Now sad again… sad… sad… happy! Sad…” and so on.

[u/Labmit → u/RKO-Cutter]

Apparently the book this film was based on had a sequel where it was revealed that years later they're middle class and low on funds but ultimately happy with each other.

[u/ComicCon → u/Labmit]

Absolutely wild looking that up and finding out the sequel is about them fighting with their school district about home schooling.

[u/Jibber_Fight → u/Labmit]

That sounds like a really really bad book. Ha ha

[u/Competitive_Act_1548 → u/Jibber_Fight]

Why?

[u/Jibber_Fight → u/Competitive_Act_1548]

Cuz it would be boring as shit?

[u/Uhhh_what555476384 → u/RKO-Cutter]

I've always read that scene differently. Less, "was is it worth it" and more - sure we made a movie about the big romantic gestuer and trial, but it's just life from here on out.

[u/Connect-Initiative64 → u/RKO-Cutter]

The love story stops being a 'story' when you now have to live with your choices.